Knotless bow



May 19, 1959 H. C; ROWLAND KNOTLESS BOW 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 10.1956 IN VEN TOR. Ham er C Row/and.

BY I M i, M

y 9, 1959 H. c. ROWLAND 2,886,912

KNOTLESS BOW Filed Dec. 10, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. Homer C.ROW/0nd.

United States Patent 1 O KN OTLESS BOW Homer C. Rowland, PrairieVillage, Kans., assignor to Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, Kansas City,Mo., a corporation of Missouri Application December 10, 1956, SerialNo.627,212

1 Claim. (Cl. 41-10) This invention relates to decorative pompon bowsfor gift wrapping of packages or the like and particularly to theformation of such bows from prefabricated ribbon strips having adhesiveproperties whereby when moistened it will adhere to itself, and themethod of forming said bows.

The art of gift wrapping packages is a highly developed field and isbecoming more so each year. Heretofore there have been devised variousarticles for decorating gift packages and various methods have beendevised for forming the bows or pompous by the ordinary person in thehome. Such persons are not experienced in the art of gift wrapping dueto the fact that gifts are wrapped only periodically in the home.

It is therefore a principal object of the present invention to provide amethod of forming a decorative bow for a gift package which requireslittle skill in the formation thereof and yet when formed will beattractive and symmetrical in appearance. The present invention willalso be attractive to department stores who have experienced giftwrappers because of the simplicity of forming the how and therefore lesstime being required in such work.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a ribbon in stripform either in rolls or otherwise Whereby the user may cut the ribbon inlengths to form the bow; to provide a ribbon having adhesive propertieswhich when wet will stick to itself so that the cut ends of the ribbonmay be looped or folded to stick together at any portion thereof; toprovide for cutting of the ribbon into lengths and folding the same intocircumvolutions and moistening the ends of the ribbon and pressing themto the body of the opposite side to form a fiat center portion and loopsin the outer ends of the circumvolutions; to provide a method ofsticking a plurality of these preformed loops together in a circularform one on top of the other, some of said loops being of lesser lengththan others so that the upper layer of said circumvolutions will beshorter than the lower layers; to provide a decorative streamer to saidbow; and to provide a bow of this character simple and economical toform.

In accomplishing these and other objects of my invention I have providedimproved details of structure the preferred forms of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a strip of ribbon showing the initialstep of forming the bow.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a strip of ribbon with the endsmoistened and stuck to the body forming looped ends.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of two of the bodies adhesively securedtogether.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a plurality of said bodies adhesivelysecured together and showing the method of forming the bow.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the plurality of strips after they aresecured together and the decorative loop for the center thereof and thestreamers for securing to the body of the bow.

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Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the how when completed.

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of the completed bow.

Fig. 8 is a modified form of the bow with the center rows of loopedmembers being shorter than the lower rows.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

Decorative ribbons are usually wound on spools or the like and are ofvarious widths from one-half inch to three inches. The ribbon from whichthe present bow is made has impregnated in the body thereof throughoutits length certain adhesives so that when the ribbon is moistened at anyportion thereof it is sticky and the surface thereof will adheretogether.

In forming the bows or pompous as indicated at 1 strips of ribbon 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,. 12 and 13, are cut in lengths ofapproximately thirteen inches. The inside of the ends 14 and 15 of thestrips are moistened as indicated at 16 and the ends folded towards eachother and pressed to the center of the loop forming a substantially fiatportion 17 and loops 18 and 19 on each end.

In forming the bow the strips of material or loop member 3 is wetted onthe underside of the flat center portion 17 and placed on the loopmember 2 in a cross as indicated at 20 (Fig. 3). The strip 4 is formedinto a loop and then wetted on the underside of the center and placedacross the first two loop members between the ends thereof as indicatedin Fig. 4. Then the strip 5 is: then placed across strip 4 after havingthe underside of its center wetted, also as shown in Fig. 4.

The centers of the remaining strips 6 to 13, inclusive, are wetted onthe undersides of the center portions 17 and stuck one on top of eachother and adjacent to one another in a circular manner around thecentral body portion of the bow as illustrated in Fig. 5. Each loopmember is placed in a circular manner and may be either directly on topof the next lower loop member or may be between the ends thereof orextend over the side edges slightly as desired.

A shorter strip 21 of ribbon is then cut and rolled in a circular formand the ends wetted and stuck together as indicated at 22 (Fig. 5).wetted and stuck to the center of the body member of the bow asindicated at 23 (Fig. 6). In order to add a decorative feature to thebow, I cut lengths of ribbon 24 and 25 having one end notched asindicated at 26 and 27. The other ends 23 and 24 may be wetted and stuckto the bottom of the bow 1 as illustrated in Fig. 7 or they may beattached to the center portion between the respective loop members asdesired.

In order to form the bows with the looped ends of even length Ipreferably fold each strip 2 to 13, inclusive, at the center leaving acrease line as indicated at 28 (Fig. 2) so that the ends 14 and 15 maybe centered at that point in forming the individual bow tie double loop.

In Fig. 8 I have illustrated a modified form of bow as indicated at 29wherein the lower layer of strips 30 are of longer lengths than thesecond row 31. In other words, the strips for the layer of bows formingthe loops on the respective ends may be progressively shorter as the bowis built upwardly to create an upwardly tapered bow. Circular strip 21may be applied to the center of the bow as in the preferred form of theinvention as well as the streamers 24 and 25.

A lesser or greater number of strips may be utilized in making thepompous. Additional strips will increase the fullness of the bow, and ifa larger bow is desired the strips are cut in longer lengths.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that I have provided an improvedbow or pompon which may be quickly formed without knots or ties of anycharacter.

The side of this roll is then assama What I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

A decorative bow comprising, a plurality of separate, fiat elongatestrips of ribbon material cut from a continuous strip thereof having-anon-sticky, adhesive impregnated therein throughout. its length,.saidmaterial' being capable of being cut to any lengths desired andadhered .to any portion of itself when moistened, each strip beingrebent upon itself presenting a pair of opposed loops having a commonlower leg portion and an upper. leg portion for each of said loopswhich, may be adjusted to any predetermined. length desired, areas ofthe undersides of the upper leg portions adjacent the. free ends thereofbeing moistened and adhered to the lower leg References Cited in thefile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,562,192 James July 31, 19512,562,919 James Aug. 7, 1951 2,681,525 James June 22, 1954 2,774,164James Dec. 18, 1956

